# Yep, this is the real spirit of the Games all right **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [August 14, 2004, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yep-this-is-the-real-spirit-of-the-games-all-right/259821 "2004-08-14T12:17:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2004, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yep-this-is-the-real-spirit-of-the-games-all-right/259821/41 "2004-08-16T16:07:31Z")
If Iranians or anyone won’t compete against Israelis then they shouldn’t be at the Olympics, it is that simple and they shouldn’t be invited back. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2004, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yep-this-is-the-real-spirit-of-the-games-all-right/259821/42 "2004-08-16T16:24:21Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > Jewties … 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2004, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yep-this-is-the-real-spirit-of-the-games-all-right/259821/43 "2004-08-16T20:51:21Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > Jewties are a very serious health problem in the Middle East. That’s “Big-Jew-TAY!” ---
**Author:** ![rjung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/45deac/32.png) [@rjung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjung)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2004, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yep-this-is-the-real-spirit-of-the-games-all-right/259821/44 "2004-08-16T23:45:56Z")
All Jewish people are named John? Since when? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Dignan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f07891/32.png) [@Dignan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dignan)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2004, 7:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yep-this-is-the-real-spirit-of-the-games-all-right/259821/45 "2004-08-17T07:50:18Z")
> [@Kimstu](#): > > That makes the “young people today are more conservative” generalization look kind of arbitrary. What the study actually found is that they’re more conservative about some things, more liberal about some things, and not much different on the rest of the issues. Big whoop. Yes, but **El Cid Viscoso** mentioned a “burgeoning secular student movement” in Iran. I thought the study was relevant because young people are more conservative on religion than in past; the more conservative youth in America are not something we have in common with Iran’s secular student movement that so the similarity El Cid thinks sees doesn’t really exist. That’s why I didn’t think the stuff in the study about the environment was important to this discussion. ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_Lance\_Murdoch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/47e85d/32.png) [@Captain\_Lance\_Murdoch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Lance_Murdoch)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2004, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yep-this-is-the-real-spirit-of-the-games-all-right/259821/46 "2004-08-17T19:56:54Z")
This is a disgrace. If Iran is so outraged at Israel that they won’t allow their athletes to compete against the “zionists” then they should boycott the Olympics. They should not be allowed to humiliate their opponents by leaving them without competitors at the time of the events. And this is a government issue. I don’t know what the personal feelings are of Mir-Esmaeili, but it is being reported that he will be paid $100,000 for this stunt. It might have to be under the table to prevent sports sanctions against Iran. More official praise of Mir-Esmaeili can be found at [http://www.tehrantimes.com/Description.asp?Da=8/18/2004&Cat=6&Num=9](http://www.tehrantimes.com/Description.asp?Da=8/18/2004&Cat=6&Num=9) ---
**Author:** ![JohnBckWLD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d6d6ee/32.png) [@JohnBckWLD](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnBckWLD)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2004, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yep-this-is-the-real-spirit-of-the-games-all-right/259821/47 "2004-08-17T20:16:41Z")
Oh! Persian and Palestinian tensions? Never mind. I assumed the OP title was referring to [this article](http://www.sfexaminer.com/article/index.cfm/i/081604sp_frantz), from Monday’s SF Examiner. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yep-this-is-the-real-spirit-of-the-games-all-right/259821.md?page=2)